Improved fence-board gauge-holder



DANIEL BORDNER,

vOll CANTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 89,281, elated .April 2,7, 1869; antedated Apr/ll 22, 1869.

mnovnn Fence-'BOARD' GAUGE-Homan.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom t 'may concern Be it known that I, 'Deuren BoRDNnn, of Canton, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Fence-Board Gauge-Holder; Poste In the face of the piece A are inserted the pms B and I 'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, of which drawings-'- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my gauge-holder, showing its application.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the front of the gaugeholder, taken down.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the backy of the same.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the head-plate.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the gauge-holder.

Figure 6 is an elevation of the foot-rod.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of an instrument to aid in the construction of board fences, said instrument being so arranged as that it can be readily applied to the post ofthe fence to be constructed, and which, when so applied,- serves to hold the ends of the board to be nailed to the post in' the proper position for such nailing, the peculiar utility of 'my invention consisting in the saving of the labor of one man in the building of the fence, and the facility with which all the fence-boards may be nailed to the posts, in a perfectly regular manner, even in the most windy weather, and without any twisting, and, consequently', weakening of the fence-rails, which it is impossible to avoid where one person attempts to construct a board'fence without any assistance.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed. to describe its construction and operation.

The principal piece, A, of my holder is made of wood, of the general form shown, or, if preferred, it could be constructed of iron or other suitable material, its size being varied to suitthe use of met-al.

Itslength is usually .a little less than the height of the fence-post above the ground, and around its upper end'is arranged the plate F F, extending over the top and down each side of the piece A, where it is secured by screws or bolts H H, as shown. v

The head-plate G is of the form shown in fig. 4, and is inserted between the plate F and the top of the piece A, as seen in fig. 1, the lip a serving to prevent it from sliding through this space, as is readily seen.

In the plate G are the holes LL, so that by driving one or more nails, l, through these holes into the post M, the holder is secured to and supported by said B, of a length equal to or a little greater than the thickness of the fence-boards, and at such distances from each other and the head-plate G, as will give the desired spaces between the fence-boards.

Ou the back of the piece A are the staples D D, through which the foot-rod C slides up and down.

This foot-rod O is of the form shown in iig. 6, being pointed at the lower end, and having a curved handle, c, at its upper end, which handle (when the foot-rod is not in use) is turned up against the back ofthe piece A, between the pins EE, and thus prevents the footrod c from sliding down or dropping out.v

When the holder A G is secured to the post M, by means of nail K, as before shown, the handle c is turned out from between the pins E E, and by pressing down on it, the point of the foot-rod O is forced into the ground, and the lower end of the piece A is thus preveutrd from swinging out from the post M.

The head-plate vG being allowed to slide between the plate F and piece A, it is readily seenl that by nailing the plate G to the post M, in a suitable manner, the piece A may be moved a small distance to or from the post M, to suit inequalities in the thickness of the fence-board.

The mode of using my holder is too obvious,'from the foregoing description, to anyperson skilled in the art,'to require particular description.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl The fence-board gauge-holder, herein described, consisting of the piece A, with plate F, supporting-pins B B, staples D D, and pins E E, the head-plate G, with one or more holes L, and the -foot-rod C, the several partsbeing constructed, combined, and arranged substantially as and for the purpose herein speciiied.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of October, A. D. 1868.

DANIEL BOBDNER.

Witnesses:

S. lt. CLARK, ALEXANDER E.l CLARK. 

